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    Books Received :— ^ From ™ ^ J^^ ^^^ ^P^...

    other souls , ' in order to lead her readers to ' grow more pitiful , tender , and compassionate towards

    their fellows . ' From Messrs . Macmillan & Co . — 'Swift . ' By ^ Leslie ^^^ - ^ r ^**^ ¦ » ¦ ^ m Step ¦ ¦• « r - ^~ m ^ — hen - ~~ — - . — Few ----- series — — — of -- books _ . _ — _ have — . __ __ been __

    kept up with more spirit , or published with more rapidity than the 'English Men of Letters , ' to which this is the latest contribution . The

    biographer ' s task was , from one point of sight , an easy one , for he had an abundance of material and a life full of incident to write ; but , at the

    same time , few characters are more difficult of description than Swift ' s , and the most critical episodes in his careerand especially the real

    n ature . of his relation to , Stella , J- are still */ open to question . Mr . Leslie Stephen has , however , done his work "wisely and welland where certainty

    , is difficult of attainment he speaks with commendable reserve . A graphic account is given of Swift ' s political M . associations with the statesmen

    of his day ; his connection with , and use of , London journalism is adequately set forth ; and the melancholy history — — of his reign at St . — . Patrick — — — ' s— 7

    Dublin , forms ^ the subject of several interesting , chapters . Few careers have had a more melancholy end , and Mr . Stephen writes with evident

    sympathy for the ill-fated genius of one , of whom , if it cannot "be said that he was no man ' s enemy but his ownit may at least be affirmed that he

    was his own , worst fop . From Messrs . Pickering & Co .- * The Banquet

    of Wit . ' By Gray and Maidment . A varied selection of anecdotes , bon mots , & c , compiled from various sources . It is a well-printed foolscap

    octavo volume of some 250 pages , which seem to be the fruit of original research . At any rate , many of the examjl ples are sufficientl - y piquant ! .

    We may , quote one : — . a : A countryman sowing big ground , two smart follows riding XJUiug th bu » at b way wtij , , one out ; ( of Jit them iiiiuui called « j : tiitxi to lu him iiiixi with vvitu nix an insolent niauniiHi

    air , ' Well , honest fellow , ' said he , ' ' tis your business to sow countryman , out we reap repli the ed , fruits 'Tis very of your like labour you . ' may To , which for I the am sowing hemp . '

    From M > . C . Smith .. —' St . Gothard Railway . ' A sixpenny pamphlet of 68 pages crown 8 vo ., with no less than 43 full-sized a * nd minor

    engravings of the famous pass . The letterpress is so planned that leading points are easily found by the traveller or general readerand the back of

    the cover boars a map of the line , . Altogether , a nice little handbook to one of the fresh wonders of the world .

    Magazines for September . —Sylvia ' s Home Journal ( Ward , Lock , & Co . ) deals with the useful as well

    as the ornamental , and in addition to its fashion pages has an article on ' Cleaning Lace Curtains at Home / and other practical . —Amateur

    Work ( Ward , Lock , & Co . ) papers has articles on Velocipedes , Violin-making , Bookbinding , Homemade Furnitureand other pursuits 4 ik for the f

    — ^^ — — — ~ ^^ — ^ ^^^^ , ^ m ^ m *^ r ^^ ^ " ^ t ^^ M *^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ B ^^^ *^ ^ . ^^ ^ b ^ k V . ^^ ^^ K ^ B ^^ *^^ P ^^ ^^^ r ^^* ^^ ^ | ^^^^ amateur mechanic . — The Christian Treasury ( Johnstone , Hunter , & Co . ) has a varied assortment of religious articles , including an interefiting

    little essay on ' The First Christian Tract , ' which the writer defines to be the declaration of the first General Assembly of the Christian Church

    recorded in the Acts of the Apostles . —Golden Hours ( Passmore & Alabaster ) , edited by the Rev . Jackson Wrayhas a readable paper 1 on K ' Our f Jh

    First - Eng lish , Newspapers " — ^ " — / and — »— —* - — some »— - ^ ^ * ^ — healthy - ^ . ^^ fiction and travel papers . —The Masonic Monthly Magazine ( 16 Great Queen Street ) lias mucn

    matter of interest on the mysteries of the craft . — Sword and Trowel ( Passmore & Alabaster ) con-11 tains the address delivered by its editor , Mr . '

    qp- — ., ..

    Pastors SpurgeoD ' , College at the . — opening The Fi ?* of eside the ( sessi Home " on Words of his

    I—jj — » ¦— *•¦ » r ^/ " w Vv % J office ) has some * Chats about Authors and Books / by J . M . Symington , and a serial story by Mrs .

    Linnaeus Cannon Street Bank 3 ) . — has The a British seasonable Trade leading Journal article ( 42 on the ' Harvest of Great Britain / Tt has also

    an important paper on the ' Sugar Industry of Queensland / The list of certificates of the award of - - gold J J medals at the New - Zealand — — _ Exhibition . , _^ . ^ _ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^^^

    includes the firm of Ward , Lock , & Co ., of London fer ' publications/—Young England ( Sunday , School Union ) has an attractive __ - series ^ vr of tales

    j _ , _ r ^ - ,. ^ - ^ ^ ^* MV ^ ^^ fe ^ of and Fashio other n matter is noticeable for boys as . — usual The Ladies for its ' Gazette beautifu ¦ lly executed — coloured - ^— — — ¦ — plates — — — — . ~ w — The — - ^^ " Church " ^— — — — — — ^^ F- w - ^ Sun m ^^^^ *^^^ V ^ F -

    day School Magazine ( Sunday School Institute ) has a useful paper by the Hon . E . P . Thesiger on ' Parents - - ' Meetings - -j / and a mass — . — . — _ of notes of

    —— ^ j — — v - ^ n ^ -. * — - ** «„ ., ^^ j ^ lessons and other information for teachers . — Mission Life ( Wells Gardner , Darton , & Co . ) sets forth the needs of Australia in a paper by Dr .

    Thornton , Bishop of Ballaarat / and touches on a difficult phase of home mission work in an article on * The Canal Barges Mission / by J . Batty .

    Serials . —From Messrs . Ward , Lock , & Co . we have received ^^— ^ v —m ^ - ^ v ~— the — — — — concluding - ^— - ^^ - -m- — ih — - ^—^— ^ - ~— — ^ v — ^ b ^ h part W ^^ ^^ ^^^ of ^^ ^ Hol ^^ ^^^^ ^^ y ^ 9 Thoug ^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^ " ^ F hts ^ " ^^ ^ jJ on . ^ f f ^^

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    to the completed work gives abundant evidence of the wide range of authors from which Dr . Davies — — has ~ ^ ^ r ^ culled — — — — — ~ ^— his — ^™ - ^^ selections ¦ ^— -v m ~* r . The a issuo r of ^^^ ^* ^^^ ^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ . ^^^^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ p ^^ ^^ f ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ J ^

    Rollings Ancient History has reached part 11 ; -Dr . Adam Clarke ' s Commentary , part 17 , gives us The ' Famil Ecclesiastes y Altar ' is and at part the ' 15 Song and of will Salomon be com ' - ;

    , ploted with the October issue ; War . l & Lock ' s Household Medicine , part 11 , deals with the treatment — — - ¦ — of — wounds - - — — — - —— — , j fractures m ~ ^— --w -v- **¦ w » ^ ^^ - ^^ , m and Vhi ^ Ik * - ^^^ . hernia ¦ - » »^ ^^ 44 ^ W ; A

    Land , Sea , and Sky , part 11 , takes us to JSouth of Africa History and : North a Book America of Memorable ; Epochs and Days Episodes and

    Kotable Events , part 10 , tells the tale of the men of the ' Mayflower / of the massacre of Scio , of John — -- of - Ley — ^ _ den - — — and - — — the ^_~ — — ___ Anabapti ^_ _ . ^ - _ -. ^ v ^^ ¦¦* a w sts - ^ -mr ^^ , « ^ and ^ mr ^ . ^^ ^ ^ of ^^ ^ the ^ mmf « m ^< f

    Freedom Scientific Recrea of the tions Netherlands a ital ; Ward book for & winter Lock's evenings , is brought , to cap a close with part 12 ; HallawHs Introduction to the History of Eicrope

    — — — ^^^ — ^ ^^ ^ ^^ w ^ " ^^ ^^ ^^ » ^^ *^ ^^ b - *^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ W W ^^ f ^ -- # ^^ t— ^ " » ^^ F ^^ MJ ^^^ has reached part 12 ; the Illustrated History of the World , part 11 , is sketching the period of the Middle Ages ; D'Israeli ' s Miscellanies of Liter a-

    fwr ^ , part 2 , with plenty of plates , and cle / irly printed , double-columned pages , promises to bo a good edition of the well-known work .

    We have also received—The Child ' s Own Magazine ; Ch The ild ' Tract s Companion Magazine ; Our ; Little The Day O ? ics of ; The Days Sunday ; The

    Scholar ' s Compa ? iio ? i , and Homo Words ; Erasers ment Magazine of Lad ( Longmans y Maud / ' & A Co Temp . ) , lar with on an the instal Cock

    in Fleet Street ; Mr . Karl Blind ' s ' Reminiscences of Garibaldi , ' ' Historical Cookery / and a Venetian Medley / bMr . JAddington Symonds

    y . ; new Haydrt part s Dictionary , bringing the of Date work * down ( Ward to , Lock ' Spain , & '; Co Thi . ) ,

    Welcome ( S . W . Partridge ) , new part , frontispiece , General View of Cairo , ' Some Quiet Nooks at Cairo / illustrated , a most interesting article ;

    Beeton ' s Great Book ofPoetry ( Ward , Lock , & Co . ) , new part , completing the work ; Universal InstructorSelf-Culture for All ( WardLock & Co . )

    new part , , with many woodcuts and , diagrams , ;

    Arabian Nights , illustrated ( Cassoll ) , p irt 1 , ^ ood ~&

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 15, 1882, page 848, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15091882/page/12/